Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-30
THE ANARCHISTS
JUDGE GARY CONSTANTLY GUARDED
AS TIRE HAEGIsG DRAWS NEAR.
Detectives Sleeping at State. Attorney
0rinpell's Houss-Prseautions
at the Jail
iChicnro spccrl.l


When the big clock in the corridor of
the gloomy Cook. County jail got
around 10 S:i5 this moi aing the grim
faced old tO'nkcy who sits IN the tier
called Wanderers Row" pounded
three times ON the iron railing with his
cub aud another turnkey unlocked the
cells Of tha seven condemned Auarch'
ISIS. They c.me ont looking for
the most part pretty cheerful ia
TIE dim light that struggled through
tho skylPht into the damp court.
They walked along the gallery
of their tier, around a corner ont Of
sigl {. and then came down into the
IHSCd courtyard. At the same time o
palc.faccd. yellOw.ba'red, rather good
LICKING young woman, tashionably
dressed, who bad been waiting on the
other SIDE Of The big, eratad door lead
ing TO the court, was allowed to paSsin.
She was Nina Van Zandt Spies. After
her came four women with stolid,
heavy faces aud little child. They
were the wife, sisters, and child OF
Adolph Fischer, one Of the condemned
men.
The place TO which the visitors were
admitted is The "caQc' OF the prison.
1t Is thitty.dyc feet long, ten feet vide,
walled in on all sides aud above 10y
heavy iron Grating covered with wire
netting Visitors = the jail are pow
mittod to stand in the cage and talk
through the netting TO the prisoners on
the other side.
Nina wore tailor-madc smoke-col
or,d dress, with reG.velyet trimmings,
jaUntv hat and feathers, aud n long,
handsome cloak. Her eyes looked
fixed and staring, and there were cu-
rlous unnatural little wrinkles ram ng
into them. lou can see such wrinkles
ia faces in the women's department of
Wards Island Asylum, though yOu will
find TO face There as handsome rs hers.
She is rathcE tall for "A woman, with
rounded. graceful figure and admirable
taste in dressing. She walked 10 where
her proxy husband, August Spies stood
leaning carclossly. with his arms folded,
against the wall of the cage lie
wore an olvc-colored tennis shitt,
without coat or vest. His broad shoul-
dos. iull round throat aud wcl-turncd
form showed 10 good advantage in IL
Thore was "o0dnatured, hali-cynical
smile on his handsome face that curled
his long. brown mOustlche over his
checks. He is much the bcst-lo)king
Anarchist that ever saw prison. lie
has soft eyes. very high. broad fore
head. with shO't, curling brO@l hair
over 1t, and "A kindly, not oyctpowerlul
face.
lie greeted bis wife in n quiet. half
bored way as though he was tired Of
q Is sort Oi thing. There was not room
cLugh in the inter cciiOns of the net
ting to permit hQn2snakiuy. Spies
r,hed his foIcfnger through a hole.
Then Nina stuck ont slim white
finger in return and Spies todched it
with lis silky moustache. Then they
f'i MO whispered conversation with
tl,.r month as close together r3 they
crldectthcm. WI 'eElcljipg. S'chwab.
and Tan ous talked together They al
s,CmCl 100 bee IA good humor am
~ led aud sometimes laughed.
CHER And IT'S CHUBBY CHILD.
fischer. Fuqle. and Lining stood on
TIE other side oi the "cage tllE'ug in
German with the stolid-looking women,
aud Parsons walked uneasily up and
down between the two groups. Mrs.
Iich,r held the little child up 10 the
aratug 10 see his father. lie struck
out hls chubby Little fingers, and the
C0rd.mutd man kissed them aud .
foudltd them over and over again. In .
ms other lat little hand the boy held .
POOR little wooden toy his flther had .
given mm long ago. lie had bought .
u acl 10 hl, father now. because he .
thought, i'm his childish way, he must .
DO lonesome, and he would not cease .
tucciug az his mothers dress until she /
had induced the turnkey to take it .
around to her husband There were .
toal, in the old turkeys eye7, but .
Eisckor's hard face WAS uumoyCd.
There was q good chance h look at .
the seven as they stood there in the .
l,-lt None Of their pictrres have done
tlCm justice. Sp.Cs, Fielding, aud .
Schvab ere fuc-looEiuE men. Spies /
lsalmost c.iemipately handsome. Field /
ing h0s "a good-natured face, with a +
pleasant twinkle in hs eyes Schwab .
LOOKS Phc German professor. with I
high, thoughtful forehead, and spec .
tac'os. These ucn have been painted /
hachDr than they look. Lipgg, Eugle, /
aul fischer have high cheek-bones, /
cmtL fcusuous mouths, log forehelds, /
savage hdtahty in every feature. Par
Sous has WIi eyes and heavy jaws |
Lueg, the bomb .tlrowor, the furious /
a-smmt Of policemen, is the worst /
ltoliug Of them all
.ISA yAS zANDr's FAEEwELL.
e. Ia o'clock tho turnkey pounded |
4 railing again with bis club, and the |
u,n prepared to go back to Their cells.
Iu,Ic was such Il parting between Nina |
ard spies as their greeting had been.
1hcn Spies louDged gracefully away.
The women stood and looked after him, |
Will her hands folded before her IN the |
conventional attitude, and such look
uIou her face as thirdrate actresses IN !
mclodrama imagine to betOken pas
siouate longing after something or
somebody. She watched hun until he
passed from her sight, aud thea got |
where she could see him as he appeared
AGAIN mp in the gallery. He was chat
ting carelessly with Telden as he came
along, and he gave her never a look for
all Der gazing until Just as he was going !
into his cell Then ne turned and |
waved his hand t. her indiiierently and |
ditappearcd. She threw kiss to him, |
h,aycd "A tremendous sigh also pat
termed after the third rate actress, and, |
after she had looked ut his cell as long |
as she could. strobe Electrically away.
She met tischers wife u the hallway,
greeted her eiusively, AID went on
with another sigh and a prolonged
shaking OF the head.
1bis is the scene that the attendants
~ the jail have seen every day for
many months. Six Of the seven /
Anarchists have been confined there
since May 6, 1855. Nina Van Zandt
has not missed Q day since month
alter that date in her calls. 1t
is 10 wonder that Spies, who had his
own love, and was engaged to her long |
before he ever saw wild-eyed Niua,
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